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Part Two: Our 2018 Health IT Wish List

Mobile Health Matters

The healthcare IT industry enters 2018 with a lot of potential, along with the need to overcome structures that have historically stunted progress. What is on our health IT wish list? My wish for 2018 is for health systems to crack the code and finally find their operational cadence.

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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

This will allow the developers to address issues in connecting their apps to the Epic EMR. Previously, Epic wouldn’t let mobile app developers connect to its EMR until a customer requested permission on their behalf. 2018 Digital Health Prediction 2: Voice technology will be the first step to personalising pharma.

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Abridge Emerges as a Healthcare AI Leader, Raising $150M to Accelerate R&D

Healthcare IT Today

The company is actively developing novel ways to personalize notes, integrate more deeply into the EMR, and provide clinicians with after-visit insights. About Abridge Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare.

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Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector

Healthcare IT Today

Ensure PHI Compliance with VPN Tunnels The HIPAA Privacy Rule has strong requirements around Protected Health Information (PHI). Creating drag-and-drop virtual private networks (VPNs) encrypts and anonymizes data, which can be effective when sharing patient electronic medical records (EMR) or during telemedicine scenarios.

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Talent Group Announces Acquisition of Queen Consulting Group

Healthcare IT Today

Talent Group , a leading national IT staffing company, announced today the acquisition of Queen Consulting Group , a nationally recognized IT staffing and consulting company specializing in healthcare and pharma IT, Epic EMR implementations, financial services, and niche technical recruiting.

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EHR-Based CPOE Tools Miss Many Dangerous Medication Interactions

Healthcare IT Today

To conduct the study, researchers analyzed 8,657 observations using the National Quality Forum Health IT Safety Measure, a CPOE and EHR safety test administered by the Leapfrog Group between 2009 and 2018. Hospital EHRs frequently miss harmful or potentially fatal errors, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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Four Unexpected Delights from the RSNA23 Exhibit Hall

Healthcare IT Today

Back in 2018 one of the hottest technologies in the exhibit hall was Virtual + Augmented Reality. I still do a double-take whenever I see this because it is so different than the focused Health IT conferences that we attend. As I walked the aisles, I could see more smiling faces and more deal-making. VR + Radiology Making a Comeback?

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